Netflix’s ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Brings Gun Violence Into the Film

The Vietnam War lasted from 1955 to 1975, killing roughly 2 million people on both sides. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was released a year before the war’s end — a violent film during a violent time. Speaking with Esquire in 2014, director Tobe Hooper said, “I was reacting to life around me, as I knew it.” He went on to say, “The film was, to me, a part of what I felt like we were moving into in the future.”